Church of St. George, Opatovac

Church in Opatovac, Croatia

Church of St. George
Crkva svetog Đorđa Црква светог Ђорђа
Church of St. George

45°15′44″N 19°10′19″E / 45.26222°N 19.17194°E / 45.26222; 19.17194
Location	Opatovac
Country	Croatia
Denomination	Serbian Orthodox
History
Dedication	St. George
Architecture
Style	Baroque and Classicism
Administration
Archdiocese	Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja

The Church of St. George (Croatian: Crkva svetog Đorđa, Serbian Cyrillic: Црква светог Ђорђа) in Opatovac is Serbian Orthodox church in eastern Croatia. Church was built in 1802 with the iconostasis is from 1769. The church is located in the centre of the village next to the main D2 road between Vukovar and Bačka Palanka.

References

"Crkve u Veri, Kneževu, Marincima i Opatovcu". Srbi.hr, Joint Council of Municipalities. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
"Srbi u opštini Lovas – Obnova crkve u Opatovcu glavni prioritet". Srbi.hr, Joint Council of Municipalities. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

Serbian Orthodox church buildings

Serbia

Belgrade	Church of Saint Sava St. Michael's Cathedral St. George, Banovo Brdo Ružica St. Mark's Church St. Basil of Ostrog Church of the Ascension Rakovica Monastery Chapel of Saint Petka Holy Apostles Peter and Paul St. Alexander Nevsky Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (Batajnica) St. Nicholas (Dobanovci) Holy Virgin (Zemun)
Vojvodina	St. Nicholas (Bačinci) St. John the Baptist (Bačka Palanka) St. George (Banoštor) St. George (Bečej) St. Peter and Paul (Berkasovo) Saint Sava (Čerević) St. Nicholas (Erdevik) St. Elijah (Ilinci) Presentation of the Theotokos (Inđija) Dormition of the Theotokos (Irig) St. Nicholas (Irig) St. Theodore Tiron (Irig) Holy Apostle Luke (Kupinovo) St. George Cathedral (Novi Sad) Assumption of the Theotokos (Pančevo) Transfiguration of the Lord (Ruma) St. Nicholas (Sibač) St. Nicholas (Sivac) St. George (Sombor) Epiphany of the Lord (Srbobran) Nativity of the Theotokos (Sremska Kamenica) Sremski Karlovci Orthodox Cathedral (Sremski Karlovci) St. Demetrius (Sremska Mitrovica) St. Archdeacon Stephen (Sremska Mitrovica) Holy Archangel Gabriel (Susek) Presentation of the Theotokos (Sviloš) St. Nicholas (Šid) Dormition of the Theotokos (Titel) St. George (Tovariševo) Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas (Turija) St. Nicholas (Vršac) Assumption (Zrenjanin)
Central Serbia	St. Achillius (Arilje) St. Nicholas (Baljevac na Ibru) Nativity of the Virgin (Bogatić) St. Nicholas (Brezova) Kađenica (Dljin) Saints Peter and Paul (Dobrić) Saints Emperor Constantine and Empress Helena (Ivanjica) White Church (Karan) St. Nicholas (Kosovica) Holy Trinity (Kraljevo) Apostles Peter and Paul (Kriva Reka) Transfiguration (Krivaja) Holy Ascension (Krupanj) St. George (Kruševac) Lazarica (Kruševac) Holy Mother of God (Kuršumlija) Holy Trinity (Leskovac) Odžaklija (Leskovac) Cave Church (Lukovo) St. George (Lukovo) Štava Church (Lukovska Banja) Holy Trinity (Negotin) Holy Trinity Cathedral (Niš) Nativity of the Theotokos (Novaci) Nativity of Christ (Pirot) Cave Church (Rsovci) St. Petka (Staničenje) Apostles Peter and Paul (Stari Ras) St. John the Baptist (Stevanac) Oplenac (Topola) St. Mark (Užice)
Kosovo* (status)	Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Belo Polje) St. Stephen (Donje Nerodimlje) St. Paraskeva (Drsnik) St. Nicholas (Đurakovac) Holy Archangels (Gornje Nerodimlje) Virgin Hodegetria (Mušutište) Nativity of the Theotokos (Obilić) Christ the Saviour (Pristina) Holy Saviour (Prizren) Our Lady of Ljeviš (Prizren) St. Elijah (Podujevo) Saint George (Prizren) St. Nicholas (Prizren) St John the Baptist (Samodreža) St. Nicholas (Slovinje) St. Nicholas (Štrpce) St. Uroš (Uroševac) Saint Elijah (Vučitrn)

Montenegro

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Republika Srpska	Banja Luka Cathedral (Banja Luka) St. Nikola (Dobrelji) St. Nicholas (Dobrljin) St. Nicholas (Javorani) St. Nicholas (Rijeka) St. Nicholas (Romanovci) St. George (Sopotnica) St. Nicholas (Srđevići) St. Archangel Michael (Veličani)
Federation B&H	Holy Trinity (Mostar) Nativity of the Theotokos (Mostar) Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (Sarajevo) Holy Transfiguration (Sarajevo) Nativity of the Theotokos (Sarajevo) Dormition of the Theotokos (Tuzla)

Croatia

Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva (Banovci)
Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas (Bijelo Brdo)
St. George (Bobota)
St. Peter and Paul (Bolman)
St. Stephen (Borovo)
Ascension of the Lord (Cetina)
Presentation of Mary (Čakovci)
Dalj Cathedral (Dalj)
Saint Archangel Michael (Darda)
Nativity of the Theotokos (Drežnica)
Holy Annunciation (Dubrovnik)
Nativity of the Theotokos (Gaboš)
St. George (Grubišno Polje)
St. Michael the Archangel (Ilok)
St. Nicholas (Jagodnjak)
St. Stefan Štiljanović (Karanac)
St. Nicholas (Karlovac)
St. George (Kneževo)
Intercession of the Holy Virgin (Knin)
Pentecost (Markušica)
St. Nicholas (Mikluševci)
St. Nicholas (Mirkovci)
St. Panteleimon (Mirkovci)
Transfiguration of the Lord (Mohovo)
Dormition of the Theotokos (Negoslavci)
St. Elijah (Novi Jankovci)
St. George (Opatovac)
St. Peter and Paul (Orolik)
Dormition of the Mother of God (Osijek)
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Ostrovo)
St. Nicholas (Pačetin)
St. Spyridon (Peroj)
Presentation of Mary (Popovac)
St. Nicholas (Rijeka)
Saint Parascheva (Slabinja)
Nativity of the Theotokos (Srijemske Laze)
Transfiguration of the Lord (Šarengrad)
Dormition of the Theotokos (Šibenik)
Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Štikada)
St. Peter and Paul (Tepljuh)
St. George (Tovarnik)
Transfiguration of the Lord (Trpinja)
St. George (Varaždin)
Pentecost (Vinkovci)
St. Nicholas (Vrlika)
St. Nicholas (Vukovar)
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral (Zagreb)

Hungary

Romania

United Kingdom

United States

Canada

Other
countries

Church of St. Sava, Gaborone, Botswana
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Slovenia
St. Sava Church, Paris, France
Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste, Italy
Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Stockholm, Sweden
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Komárno, Slovakia (in care of OCLS)

Notes

* indicate churches in Kosovo, which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Serbia and Kosovo.

Serbian Orthodox Church in Croatia

History

Varaždin Apostol (1454)
Statuta Valachorum (1630)
Declaratory Rescript of the Illyrian Nation (1779)
Vukovar resolution (1939)
Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)

Eparchies

Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana
Dalmatia
Gordnji Karlovac
Osječko polje and Baranja
Slavonia
Srem (partly in Croatia)
Zahumlje and Herzegovina (partly in Croatia)

Monasteries

Churches

Cathedrals	Dalj Cathedral (Dalj) Jasenovac Monastery de jure (Jasenovac) Holy Trinity de facto (Pakrac) St. Nicholas (Karlovac) Dormition of the Theotokos (Šibenik) Zagreb Orthodox Cathedral (Zagreb)
Eastern Croatia	Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva (Banovci) Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas (Bijelo Brdo) St. George (Bobota) St. Peter and Paul (Bolman) St. Stephen (Borovo) Presentation of Mary (Čakovci) Saint Archangel Michael (Darda) Nativity of the Theotokos (Gaboš) St. Michael the Archangel (Ilok) St. Nicholas (Jagodnjak) St. Stefan Štiljanović (Karanac) St. George (Kneževo) Pentecost (Markušica) St. Nicholas (Mikluševci) St. Nicholas (Mirkovci) St. Panteleimon (Mirkovci) Transfiguration of the Lord (Mohovo) Dormition of the Theotokos (Negoslavci) St. Elijah (Novi Jankovci) St. George (Opatovac) St. Peter and Paul (Orolik) Dormition of the Mother of God (Osijek) Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (Ostrovo) St. Nicholas (Pačetin) Presentation of Mary (Popovac) Nativity of the Theotokos (Srijemske Laze) Transfiguration of the Lord (Šarengrad) St. George (Tovarnik) Transfiguration of the Lord (Trpinja) Pentecost (Vinkovci) St. Nicholas (Vukovar)
Central Croatia	St. George (Grubišno Polje) Saint Parascheva (Slabinja) St. George (Varaždin)
Dalmatia North Adriatic	Ascension of the Lord (Cetina) Nativity of the Theotokos (Drežnica) Holy Annunciation (Dubrovnik) Intercession of the Holy Virgin (Knin) St. Spyridon (Peroj) St. Nicholas (Rijeka) Holy Apostles Peter and Paul (Štikada) St. Peter and Paul (Tepljuh) St. Nicholas (Vrlika)

Education

Other

Orthodox Clergy

Atanasije Ljubojević (c. 1635–1712)
Nikodim Busović (1657–1707)
Savatije Ljubibratić (1660—1716)
Stevan Ljubibratić (1661–1737)
Sofronije Podgoričanin (1668–1711)
Simeon Končarević (1690–1769)
Pavle Nenadović (1703–1768)
Vićentije Jovanović Vidak (1730–1780)
Kiril Živković (1730–1807)
Josif Putnik (1777–1830)
Lukijan Mušicki (1777—1837)
Petar Jovanović (1800—1864)
Nikanor Grujić (1810–1887)
Teofan Živković (1825—1890)
Nikodim Milaš (1845–1915)
Miron Nikolić (1846–1941)
Dositej Vasić (1878–1945)
Sava Trlajić (1884–1941)
Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (1914–2009)
Jovan Pavlović (1936–2014)
Longin Krčo (born 1955)
Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch (born 1961)
Jovan Ćulibrk (born 1965)
Kirilo Bojović (born 1969)

Category

Main:
Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia

Serbs of Croatia

Cultural identity

National
coordination

Serb National Council

Regional
coordination

Joint Council of Municipalities

Organizations

Media

Education

Primary education
17 primary schools

Vukovar-Syrmia County	Ilača-Banovci Vinkovački Banovci Bobota Borovo Bršadin Dragutin Tadijanović Klisa Ludvinci Markušica Gaboš Ostrovo Nikola Tesla Negoslavci Nikola Antić Pačetin Siniša Glavašević Srijemske Laze Stari Jankovci Trpinja Vera
Osijek-Baranja County	Bijelo Brdo Bolman Dalj Dr. Franjo Tuđman Jagodnjak Tenja Uglješ

Secondary education
7 schools

Other

Cultural and Scientific Center "Milutin Milanković" (Dalj)
Prosvjeta Summer School
- Peroj (since 1996)
Prosvjeta Winter School
- Drežnica (since 1996)

Religion

Political parties

Symbols

Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković

History

Historical organizations
and institutions

Historical events

Historical documents

Varaždin Apostol (1454)
Statuta Valachorum (1608–30)
Vukovar resolution (1939)
Open Letter on the Position and Status of Serbs in Croatia (2008)

World War II

General	Genocide of Serbs Yugoslav Partisans Croatian Orthodox Church Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše Srb uprising
Concentration camps	Gospić concentration camp Slana concentration camp Jadovno concentration camp Jasenovac concentration camp Jastrebarsko concentration camp Sisak children's concentration camp Stara Gradiška concentration camp Kruščica concentration camp Lobor concentration camp
Massacres	Glina massacres Gudovac massacre Ivanci massacre Prebilovci massacre Veljun massacre Voćin massacre

Croatian War of Independence

Origins	Log Revolution (1990)
Military offensives	Operation Flash (May 1995) Operation Storm (August 1995)
Serbian regions	Republic of Serbian Krajina SAO Krajina SAO Western Slavonia SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia Krajina dinar Flag 1993–94 general election Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1995–98) UNTAES
Serbian forces	Serbian Army of Krajina Main Staff Scorpions Serb Volunteer Guard White Eagles
Atrocities against Serbs	Paulin Dvor massacre Murder of the Zec family Požega villages killings Marino Selo camp Sisak killings Pakračka Poljana camp Banija villages killings Korana bridge killings Gospić massacre Lora prison camp Varivode massacre Dvor massacre Medari massacre Grubori massacre Golubić killings Komić killings Gošić killings Kijani killings
Atrocities by Serbian forces	Siege of Kijevo Bučje camp Baćin massacre Vukovar massacre Bruška massacre Dalj massacre Erdut killings Joševica massacre Knin camp Lovas killings Saborsko massacre Široka Kula massacre Škabrnja massacre Velepromet camp Voćin massacre Zagreb rocket attacks
Diplomacy	Vance plan (1991) Daruvar Agreement (1993) Z-4 Plan (1995) Erdut Agreement (1995)

Joint Council of Municipalities

Municipalities
and villages

Vukovar-Syrmia County	Borovo Markušica Gaboš Karadžićevo Ostrovo Podrinje Negoslavci Trpinja Bobota Bršadin Ćelije Ludvinci Pačetin Vera
Osijek-Baranja County	Erdut Aljmaš Bijelo Brdo Dalj Jagodnjak Bolman Majške Međe Novi Bolman Šodolovci Ada Koprivna Palača Paulin Dvor Petrova Slatina Silaš
Serb communities in the geographic area of work	Banovci Divoš Karanac Klisa Mlaka Antinska Novo Nevesinje Orolik Serbs of Vukovar Sokolovac Srijemske Laze Vinkovački Banovci

History

Religion

In the member municipalities

Rest of geographic area of work

Education and culture

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